It's kind of funny the turnaround the Virtual Console has had this year. It started off a bit slow, with a rumor even emerging after a few no-shows that Nintendo would be discontinuing the service. But now, we're getting some pretty good stuff.
Case in point, today's two offerings. Not only are we getting Blaster Master for the NES, which for many people could have carried the day on its own, but another underground hero emerges in Earthworm Jim 2 for the SEGA Genesis.
And of course, there are plenty of other more contemporary releases on WiiWare and DSiWare alike. You can find all the details in the press release after the cut. Read More

Electronic Arts and Popcap Games have announced games that they will release for DSiWare this fall. With some real effort finally approaching the platform, it was a matter of time before these companies joined in. Strangely enough however, Peggle isn't on Popcap's list yet.
No, Popcap so far has just announced Bookworm for a release sometime in September and Bejeweled Twist for an October release. Next Monday's update is the only one left in September for Bookworm to release on.
EA has announced four games thus far. A version of Scrabble hasn't been done on DSiWare yet, but Sudoku â€“ which came out this week, has already had two DSiWare editions from Hudson. MySims Camera also came from EA this week while Littlest Pet Shop, along with Scrabble will be released later this fall.
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